Fruits of Eve Story
While resting in bed one Sunday afternoon an image of a linen pear and linen apple hanging from a tree of dark branches came to my mind.
Of course there was nothing for it but to go into the studio and discover where it would lead. I found that the vision I had had was just the seed of what would become Fruits of Eve: Perfect Pear and Always Apple.
To the cotton/linen I had dreamed of I added a lush cotton velvet in golden yellow for the pear and an intense berry red for the apple. A sweet, hand embroidered face developed, then a green wool felt leaf to add the vigour of life and, for the final touches, the hanging linen twine was wrapped in pearl embroidery thread in brown for the stem below a bone bead. The hanging twine above the bead is wrapped in a green thread and finally the top of the linen twine is wrapped in the fresh glow of pink pearl embroidery thread just below the bow.
The result was the wholesome richness of Fruits of Eve: Perfect Pear and Always Apple born from a vision of restful contentment.
Dimensions: Perfect Pear body length is 13cm (5 inches), hanging is 35.5cm (14 inches).
Always Apple body length is 9.5cm (3 3/4 inches), hanging is 30cm (12 inches).
